Will Lewis
Senior Engineering Manager at Hertfordshire Mind Network
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Lewis is a Senior Engineering Manager with over 16 years building software and 10+ years leading teams across startups and FTSE 100 enterprises, now heading backend engineering and ops at Element to advance secure, decentralized communication on Matrix. He has repeatedly scaled engineering organisations—from growing Attest’s team from 7 to 30+ through Series A/B to standing up GoCardless’ Riga hub—while delivering high-throughput, low-latency systems at Betfair. Comfortable in both hands-on engineering and strategic leadership, he has deep experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and operational reliability. Will combines product-focused delivery with people development, mentoring engineers from graduate to principal levels and aligning multi-site organisations. He also serves as a trustee for Hertfordshire Mind Network, reflecting a commitment to mental health and community impact beyond tech. Colleagues rely on him to balance pragmatic engineering trade-offs with long-term technical stewardship in privacy-first platforms.
6 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Computer Science at Aylesbury Grammar SchoolComputer and Network Technology, Computer Science, Computer and Network Technology, Computer Science at Northumbria UniversityBerkhamsted Collegiate School
Github Skills (60)
matrix10
python10
recipe10
alfred10
notion10
matrix-org10
homeserver10
alfred-workflow10
universe9
kaios9
authentication9
spec9
duolingo9
rust9
django8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
wrjlewis/notion-search-alfred-workflow
Feb 2020 - Nov 2022
An Alfred workflow to search Notion with instant results
Contributions:14 releases, 4 reviews, 61 commits in 2 years 9 months
alfred-workflowalfrednotionsearch
wrjlewis/notion-search-alfred5-workflow
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
An Alfred5 workflow to search Notion with instant results
Contributions:5 releases, 16 commits, 12 PRs in 4 days
notionpythonalfred5-workflowalfred5alfred
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